Our Team

 Dr. Deanna McClannahan

Clinical Director

Dr. McClannahan is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, Board Certified Art Therapist,  Art Therapy Certified Supervisor, Expressive Arts Therapist/Trauma-Informed, International Registered Expressive Arts Therapist, Registered Play Therapy Supervisor, Certified Professional Counseling Supervisor, and a National Approved Clinical Supervisor. She has a bachelors in Studio Art & Art History, with minors in Visual Communications and Psychology. During this time she moved to Florence, Italy where she attended Lorenzo Di Medici, a prominent art school. Deanna earned her masters in Counseling Psychology and Expressive Art Therapies. She has a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies and a doctorate in Expressive Arts Therapies. 

Deanna holds the following licenses and certifications:

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Colorado through the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies 
• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Georgia through the Georgia Secretary of State
• Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) from the National Board for Certified Counselors 
• Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) through the Art Therapy Credentials Board
• Art Therapy Certified Supervisor (ATCS) through the Art Therapy Credentials Board
• Expressive Arts Therapist/Trauma-Informed (EXAT) through the Trauma-Informed Practices & Expressive Arts Therapy Institute
• Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT) through the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association
• Registered Play Therapy Supervisor (RPT-S) through the Association of Play Therapy
• Certified Professional Counseling Supervisor (CPCS) through the Licensed Professional Counselor Association of Georgia
• Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) from the National Board for Certified Counselors
• Certified in Neuroscience
• Certified in Level One Trauma-Informed Care
• Foundational Theraplay Practitioner
• EMDR Therapist
  

Deanna has extensive training working with children and adolescents, families, severe trauma and dissociation, adoption, spiritual counseling, and the foster care system. The primary focus of her practice over the years has been on severely abused children and those in residential care. Deanna has over 22 years’ experience working in the foster care system. Deanna has extensive training in counseling supervision and provides supervision and consultation to students, those seeking licensure, as well as licensed professionals. Deanna has also written articles for several mental health magazines and has been invited to various speaking engagements around the country. For over 12 years, Deanna has served as a college professor working with both graduate and undergraduate students.

Deanna is a member of several professional organizations including The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISST-D), The American Play Therapy Association, Colorado Play Therapy Association, Licensed Professional Counselor Association of Georgia (LPCA) and the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA). She enjoys traveling, scuba diving, and the arts. 

Sharlete Babrudi LPCC

Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate

Sharlete is honest, compassionate, and optimistic. She believes the clients are the experts in their lives and considers it a privilege to walk alongside them in their journey to healing and recovery. She tends to see and bring awareness to the client’s strength, thus empowering them to take the issue as a challenge rather than a threat. She believes struggles and setbacks in life to be part of being human and not a sign of weakness. Her primary therapeutic approach is Adlerian, where healthy and meaningful relationships are fundamental to individuals’ wellbeing. She uses different components of other approaches to meet the needs of every client best. She works with children, teens, and adults. Sharlete received her Bachelor of Arts’ with a focus on psychology and minor in criminal justice degree from UCCS. She completed her masters in counseling at Colorado Christian University. 

 Laura Register LPCC

 Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate

Laura is genuine, empathic and a good listener.  She has a heart for kids of all ages, having raised five children of her own, and enjoys helping women overcome their stage-of-life challenges. She believes that lasting change begins with a change in beliefs and behaviors that then affect our emotions and physiology, an idea founded in Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT).   Also influenced by Internal Family Systems Theory (IFS), Laura desires to walk with each person on their unique journey toward emotional awareness and self-compassion, discovering and integrating all parts of Self.  Laura’s undergraduate degree in music prompted work with people of all ages over many years before her choice to pursue a graduate degree in clinical mental health counseling at Liberty University.  When she’s not working, Laura enjoys cycling, trail-running, playing with her border collie, and making music with her grandkids.

Elizabeth Angier LPCC

Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate

Elizabeth Angier is a graduate student in the Clinical & Mental Health Counseling program at Colorado Christian University. She values cultivating authenticity in relationships, discovering courage in vulnerability and healing, and finding beauty in the most unusual of places. Elizabeth became increasingly interested in counseling as she began her own therapeutic journey – now, counseling is her passion! She firmly believes that it is important for the counselor to engage deeply in their own healing so that they have both the tools and the compassion to help others. Elizabeth realizes that every individual is unique and has a very personal life story that deserves to be honored. She places great value on experiences, cultures, values, and backgrounds that are different from her own and believes in utilizing an integrative approach that pursues interventions that will best meet the needs of the client. Elizabeth truly desires to meet people wherever they are and help them gain the tools and self-awareness to lead a full and hope-filled life.